1. Ambition for Ageing Provider & Stakeholder Event Bury – 12 th February 2015

2. Is this an age-friendly event?

3. Purpose of today Inform you of GMCVO’s plans Generate interest in the programme of work Explain the procurement process for a local lead Hear your views on GMCVO’s approach

4. Our Ambition We believe Greater Manchester’s ageing population is an opportunity

5. Our Ambition

6. The Ageing Better Programme £80m nationally funding 15 partnerships Reducing the social isolation of older people Test and learn approach Driven by older people Equality issues are important

7. What we’ve done so far 2-stage application process Consultation Profiling Built Partnership

8. Our Approach Recruit expert designers (older people) Identify local priorities & challenges Identify local assets & resources Provide support and small payments to increase social connections In later years, investment in scaled programmes

9. Delivery £10m over 5 years 24 wards in 8 Local Authorities 15-20 small projects per year per ward Equalities Board exploring role of identity within places Evaluation and research through UoM, New Economy & GMCVO

10. How will we achieve this? Funding a network of Local Delivery Leads (LDLs) who will manage the programme at a local level Approx. £650k per district (3 wards) over 5 years Bury wards - Moorside, Radcliffe North and St Mary’s

11. What do we want from LDLs? Reach-in and trust of local communities Enable older people to design age-friendly communities Community development approach Recruitment and support of older volunteers Manage a range of small payments Asset-based & participatory approach Test & Learn

12. Procurement Process GMCVO must treat the funding as public money – therefore EU Procurement Regulations apply This impacts on application processes, timescales and communication

13. Procurement Timeline – (Subject to Change) Mid April – Release PQQ End of May – PQQ Submission deadline Early June - Shortlisting Mid June – Release ITT End of July – ITT Submission deadline August – Assessment, successful bidders informed Late August – Stand Still period September – Contracts awarded, delivery starts

14. Outcomes (1/4) The majority of older people in GM engaged by the programme will identify their neighbourhood as more age-friendly

15. Outcomes (2/4) In areas supported by this project more older people will undertake activities of interest and the capacity of local assets will increase

16. Outcomes (3/4) Initiatives to reduce social isolation will be mainstreamed into public and voluntary & community sector delivery

17. Outcomes (4/4) The contribution of older people to civic, cultural and economic life will be recognised in GM strategies. Clear structures will be developed to enable older people's voices to be influential.

18. Questions?

19. Break – 15 mins

20. Group Dicussion – Question 1 How could bidders demonstrate they have trust and reach in local communities?

21. Group Discussion – Question 2 About Bury What do older people value within the wards? What priorities should we address in the wards?

22. Group Discussion – Question 3 “Age-friendly” to me means………

23. Group Discussion – Question 4 Engaging and empowering older people are central to the ethos of the programme, but how might we measure these things?

24. Communications From this point forward the only point of contact will be through ambition@gmcvo.org.uk ambition@gmcvo.org.uk In early April GMCVO will launch our procurement portal – potential bidders will need to register to access documents